Clothes-lifting device for boilers



June 2, 1925.

O. WALLO CLOTHES LIFTING DEVICE FOR BOILERS Filed March 173, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l Patented June 2, 1925.

,PA-TENT CLO'lHlElSfLUWIIITG- DEVICE FOR BOFILERS.

Application filed March 13, 1924. SeralNo. 698,921.

To all whom 'it may concer/rt:

Be it known that I, OLov VVALLO, a subject of the King of Norway, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothesliifting Devices for Boilers; and I do hereby declare the'following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and 4use the same. i Y

This .invention relates to aA lifting 'or handling device for articles contained in boiler or similar receptacle. While the invention may be used to handle any articles which are boiled in a receptacle or handled in hot water, it is particularly designed for handling or lifting clothes when the same are being laundered. As is well known, it is customary' to boil the clothes and it is quite inconvenient to lift the same from the boiling water by hand or by means ofthe round st-ick often used.

It is an object of this invention, therefore, to provide a simple and eflicient container adapted to hold the clothes during the boiling operation by inea-ns of wliiclrthey may be placed `in and moved from the boiler with rapidity and convenience. ltis a further object of the invention t provide such a device connin'ising a member formed .of sections of flexible pei-forato material, which n'ieinber is arranged to vfit within a. boilerand to be supported therein. It is still another object of the invention to provide such a holding device for clothes or other articles having flat or tapered end portions, together with means for closing said end portions. v

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully set forth in the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout the different views, and in which,

Fig. l is a view in front elevation of a boiler of common construction showing the device in use therein, a portion of said view being in vertical section;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionv on the line 3 3 of Fig. l, as indicated by the arrows;

. Fig. 4 is a developed p'lan view of the holder;l and Fig. 5 isa view of the closed loop used in the device.

OFFICE. r

` OVLOV WALLO, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

Referring to the drawings, a boiler` of l `stantially rectangular shape and, as shown inF ig. 4, the sections are alternatelyV disposed and have their adjacent sides secured together, said sections thus forming a .recepta'cle with closed sides.4 Said receptacle is held in the desiredvshape at `the Vbottom by beingsecured to a loop shownin `detail inFig. 5.. hile this loop may be of any desired shape to fit the boiler used, inthe embodin'ient of the invention, itis shown as oblong to fit the boiler l. The sections 3 are also provided withtapered end portions whiclnas will vbe seen in Figs. 2 and 3,. are adapted to be foldedxor drawn together and to closethe ends of the receptacle. The

terminal ends af said portions are provided with eyelets whiclreyelets aretraversed successively by a flexible member such as a cord 7 so that theymay be drawn together to cause the ends of the sections to approach and close the end of the receptacle. The cord .7 is held in lposition to holdmtho `end closed by a friction clamp 8 which` fric# tionally engages the strands thereof and which can bev moved close to the eyelets .6. The eyelets at the top of the receptacle are also traversed by aflexible member of cord 9, one end of which is secured to one of the eyelets through which the other end passes after having traversed all of the other eyelets. The latter end of thecord may be carried upwardly through an eyelet 10 or other suitable member above the boiler 1 so that the free end of the cord may be pulled upon to lift the receptacle. The sections 3 and 4 have secured thereto adjacent the tapered upper ends a series of hooks 11 adapted to extend up and hook outwardl over the top edge ofthe boiler Vl.

In operation, `the receptacle 2 will be diss posed either in or out of tlieboiler l,thecord 9 will be released andthe en-d portions of the Sections 3 and 4c drawn back toopen the top of the receptacle. The articlesY to be treated, such as the clothese a, will then be disposed in the receptacle.` The cord 9 will now be drawn upon and will cause the top sections of the. receptacle to approach so as to close the top thereof. If the receptacle is disposed without the boiler, the same can now be raised by pulling on the cord or rope 9 and the receptacle swung over the boiler and lowered intothe same. As it is placed inthe boiler, the hooks 1l can bek engaged over the yedges of the boiler. Thereceptacle is now retained in proper shape and substantially fits the interior of tlieboiler l. After the boiling is completed, the rope 9 can again be pulled upon to raise the receptacle from the boiler and allow the water to drain from the clothes. After the draining is completed, the receptacle can be swung to the desired point and over another receptacle, if desired, and the friction member 8 slid outwardly on thc cord 7. This will allow the. lower end sections of the receptacle to diverge so that the clothes'maybe discharged as desired.

The lower end of the receptacle can then again be closed and the operation repeated. From the above description it'is seen that applicant has provided Van extremely simple,

efficient and inexpensive device for handling varticles to be boiled or treated in hot liquid. The device is easily made and can beconveniently and quickly manipulated.

It will, of course, be understood, that various changes, may be made in the form, details and arrangement of the device without departing from the scope of applicants invention, which, generally stated, consists in such a device as shown and described anc defined in the appended claims. y

What is claimed i; z

1. A device for handling articles in liquid comprising sections of perforate flexible material connected to form a container with closed sides, a closed loop of rigid material at one end of-said container, said sectionsV having end portions adapted to be vdrawn Leaded at the lower end of said container, and

means for drawing said portions together at the upper end of'said container and for lift ing sai-d container.V l,

3. A clothes handling device comprising 'sections of reticulated'flexible material having rectangular central portion connected at their sides to form a closed container, said sections having tapered end portions, and means'` for drawing said end portions together toclose'the ends of said container.

4. A lifting device adapted to be disposed in a boilerkcoinprising sections of flexible `perforate material connected to form a container with' closed sides, a stiiiiening loop connected to one end of said container, spaced hooks lat the other'end of saidv con tainer adapted to lhook over the edge of a boiler, and means for closing each end of said container. f p

5. A' device adapted to hold articles to be `treated in hot water'comprising sections of ,reticulated flexible'i'naterial having rectangular central portionsconnected at their edges to form a receptacle with closed-sides, said sections having` tapered end portions, eyelets at the terminals "of said, portions, fiexible means extending through said eyeletsat oneV end of said', receptacle adapted to draw said portions together, andiiexible means extending. through* the eyelets at the ture. y

oLov waLLo. 

